A theatrical documentary on the planet's dwindling oil resources.
Must-See Documentaries
A note on YouTube page format, in case you're unfamiliar with it: On the right hand side of the page you'll find a list of related movies or documentaries. Also, the ones below are no doubt available from Amazon.
The following documentaries have been chosen by me as what I consider an essential part of a mandatory educational package for every concerned citizen in the country who hasn't blindly accepted--or capitulated to--the status quo and who hasn't conceded absolute trust in the political leaders, policymakers, and regulatory agencies [enforcement and resources crippled by budget cuts] to make sound judgments on our behalf and to our benefit--damn few of the latter, I'm sure.
"Democracy at Work" | "Capitalism Hits the Fan" | "Pricele$$" | "Four Horsemen"
"The War You Don't See" | "Patriocracy" | "Food, Inc." | "The World According to Monsanto" | "Seeds of Death"
"Tapped" | "Last Call at the Oasis" | "Flow: For Love of Water" | "Inside Job" | "The Flaw" | "The One Percent"
"Inequality for All" | "Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?" | "Forward 13: Waking Up the American Dream"
"Call Of Life" | Films and Documentaries - Culture Unoplugged |
"A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash" (84min.)
“Our works councils are key to our success and productivity,” said Frank Fischer, Volkswagen Chattanooga’s chief executive and chairman. “It is a business model that helped to make Volkswagen the second-largest car company in the world. Our plant in Chattanooga has the opportunity to create a uniquely American works council, in which the company would be able to work cooperatively with our employees and ultimately their union representatives, if the employees decide they wish to be represented by a union.”
The following doc has received less than stellar reviews. Witness: Film Review by Chris Barsanti on March 1, 2012 | Film Journal International. My review: It could have emphasized the salient points more strongly and the merely anecdotal in nature less so. However, the theme and gist are clear, crystalizing the problem of antagonistic partisanship and divisiveness in American politics, something I don't believe anyone who's been paying attention is unaware of.
"This is the best way to control the populations of the world.
"Thanks to these intimate links between Monsanto and government agencies, the US adopted GE foods and crops without proper testing, without consumer labeling and in spite of serious questions hanging over their safety. Not coincidentally, Monsanto supplies 90 percent of the GE seeds used by the US market."
Director Robert Kenner explores the subject from all angles, talking to authors, advocates, farmers, and CEOs, like co-producer Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma), Gary Hirschberg (Stonyfield Farms), and Barbara Kowalcyk, who’s been lobbying for more rigorous standards since E. coli claimed the life of her two-year-old son.
Part 2: The filmmaker takes his camera into slaughterhouses and factory farms where chickens grow too fast to walk properly, cows eat feed pumped with toxic chemicals, and illegal immigrants risk life and limb to bring these products to market at an affordable cost. If eco-docs tends to preach to the converted, Kenner presents his findings in such an engaging fashion that Food, Inc. may well reach the very viewers who could benefit from it the most: harried workers who don’t have the time or income to read every book and eat non-genetically modified produce every day.